Rabies control initiative in Tamil Nadu, India: A test case for the 'One Health' approach

International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Abbas, Syed Shahid ^a   Venkataramanan, Vidya ^a   Pathak, Garima ^a   Kakkar, Manish ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Health policy; India; One Health; Rabies; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG BITE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; LICENSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RABIES; TREND STUDY; VACCINATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84855922698     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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